About the Authors

Nancy L. Monson

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Petra Cravens

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Rehana Hussain

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Christopher T. Harp

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Matthew Cummings

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Maria de Pilar Martin

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Li-Hong Ben

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Julie Do

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jeri-Anne Lyons

Affiliation Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Amy Lovette-Racke

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Anne H. Cross

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Michael K. Racke

Affiliation Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Olaf Stüve

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Neurology Section, VA North Texas Health Care System, Medical Service, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Mark Shlomchik

Affiliation Laboratory Medicine and Immunobiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Todd N. Eagar

Todd.eagar@utsouthwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NLM OS TE PC RH CTH MC L-HB. Performed the experiments: MC MdPM L-HB CTH PC RH JD. Analyzed the data: TNE NLM OS PC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J-AL AL-R AHC MKR MS. Wrote the paper: TNE NLM OS MS J-AL AHC.